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Building America conducts research to enable the housing industry to adopt systems-engineering approaches to the design and production of energy-efficient houses. A related goal for this research is to integrate the performance of a building's envelope with its mechanical systems for maximum energy savings.
The following Web pages provide technical information on Building America for building scientists.
Tool Predicts Solar Domestic Water Heater Performance
Builders and energy analysts in the Building America program have found that to obtain energy savings of 40%-50%, they have to reduce the energy used for domestic water heating (DWH). Learn more.
Consensus Standard for Power Management in Electronic Equipment
As microprocessors are integrated into more and more home appliances, standby losses may be reduced by developing an industry-wide standard for automatic switching to sleep modes. The IEEE 1621 working group is developing a consensus standard for the development of automatic controls to limit standby losses. Learn more.
Building America Expert Meeting Highlights Opportunities for Hot Water Energy Savings
High-performance homes have reduced energy use by leaps and bounds, but the findings of a recent Building America Expert Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, suggest that even more improvements are possible. Typically, energy savings in high-performance homes are achieved through improvements in space conditioning. Domestic hot-water systems, which have been largely overlooked until now, could lead to more savings—with better research and industry participation. Learn more.
Be Sure to Sign up to Receive the Building America Web Highlights
The "Building America Web Highlights" is a brief bi-monthly e-mail that encapsulates recent research results from the Building America program. Check out the most recent issue then sign up to receive the e-mails.
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